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board (Fig. 76) is used to push the sections out of the 

 super. This is made as follows: 



Take a board 165^ inches long and 11 inches wide. 

 Take boards 12 inches long and 34-i"ch thick and nail 

 them across the first board so as to just cover its length, 

 and project yi-'mdi at each side. This makes a surface 

 165^x12 inches. If this board be now put inside an 

 empty T-super, and the T-super raised, it will be 

 seen that the board will easily drop through the super, 

 except where it is upheld by the three T-tin supports on 

 each side. Places must be cut out of the board so that 

 the supports will present no hindrance. In order to 

 make these places abundantly large, I cut them i3^x>4 

 inch. When cut out, the measure will be, from the cor- 

 ner of the board to the first place or hole, 3J4 inches, 



Fig. 69. — Swarm dumped before ^"o. 32. 



then ij^ inches for the hole, then 2 13-16 inches to the 

 next hole. Measure the same way from each of the 



